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Bachelor of Science in Cyber Security and Policy
Networks are always on and a constant vigilance is needed to protect corporate data, government confidential information, and classified military information. Students who earn a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Cyber Security and Policy will be prepared for a challenging and rewarding career field fighting worldwide cybercrime and protecting the digital world from hacking, fraud, and malware. Cybersecurity students will be in a growing field of study with multiple opportunities to assist businesses, governments, and the military to protect their networks, data and systems.
What is Cyber Security?
Cyber security is the protection of networks, data, and people from data theft, identity theft, and attacks. Cyber security consists of information security, network security and application security. With the use of policies, technologies, and people, organizations can protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of their systems.
Cyber Security Degree Overview
Cyber Security is a rapidly growing field. Students in the Cyber Security and Policy program are prepared for a burgeoning career field fighting worldwide "cybercrime" and protecting digital resources from hacking, fraud, and malware viruses. Potomac's Bachelor Degree in Cyber Security and Policy provides many advantages:
Cyber Security Careers
Cyber Security is the acquisition, discovery, collection, analysis, and reporting of evidence found on computers and networks. Anti-cybercrime professionals work with these devices, as well as routers, servers, and the Internet to analyze increasingly complex digital crime scenes. More and more, digital evidence is used for civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings, so the evidence must be obtained and used in a way that ensures the admissibility in a court of law. Cyber Security is a young and growing field. Graduates will be entering a market where opportunities are expanding and companies are looking for the brightest in a new tech revolution.
Cyber Security and Policy Program Outline
Computer Forensics is a young and growing field. Graduates will be entering a market where opportunities are expanding and companies are looking for the brightest in a new tech revolution.
Cyber Security Program Learning Goals
Graduates of the Bachelor of Science in Cyber Security and Policy are able to:
- Design a network that meets identified strategic objectives and which reflects emerging trends and issues in cyber security.
- Apply appropriate network countermeasure policies designed to prevent security breaches of data and information.
- Apply professional and ethical standards of conduct that ensure the protection of personal privacy.
- Develop comprehensive security plans of computer systems, networks, and storage servers.
Prerequisites for Upper Division Courses
- Successful completion of general education course requirements
- Successful completion of lower division core courses
Program Outline
To receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Cyber Security and Policy, students must earn 120 semester credit hours. Unless noted otherwise, all courses carry three semester credit hours. Program requirements are listed below.
Students majoring in Cyber Security and Policy may select six upper division courses in one of the following six concentrations to add an additional focus to their studies:
- Government Contract Management
- Healthcare Management
- Information Management
- International Business
- Management
LOWER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS (60 Credits)
General Education Requirements (18 Credits)
- COMP 125 The Digital World
- ENGL 101 English Composition I
- ENGL 102 English Composition II
- GNED 112 Student Success Strategies
- MATH 106 College Mathematics
- MATH 110 College Algebra
Lower Division Core Courses (30 Credits)
Required Management Courses (15 Credits)
- ACCT 101 Principles of Financial Accounting I
- BUS 110 Foundations of Business
- BUS 202 Critical Thinking and Decision Making
- BUS 230 Business Ethics and the Legal Environment
- MGMT 210 Introduction to Project Management
Required Cyber Security and Computing Courses (18 Credits)
- CBSC 235 Foundations of Cyber Security
- CBSC 245 Cyber Law
- CBSC 265 Network Security Management
- COMP 140 Introduction to Data Communication and Networking
- COMP 236 Survey of Operating Systems
- COMP 251 Computer Systems Technology
Electives (12 credits )
UPPER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS (60 Credits)
General Education Requirements (12 Credits)
- ENGL 395 Research and Report Writing
- MATH 323 Research and Statistical Analysis
- PSYC 201 Principles of Psychology
- SCIE 312 Environmental Science and Sustainability
Required Computer Forensic Courses (30 Credits)
- CBSC 301 Introduction to Digital Forensics
- CBSC 305 Introduction to Cybercrime and Homeland Security
- CBSC 320 Information Security
- CBSC 405 Security Policies and Procedures
- CBSC 415 Network Defense and Countermeasures
- CBSC 425 Evaluating Emerging Technologies
- CBSC 435 Firewalls for Security
- CBSC 497 Network Security Design (Capstone Project)
- COMP 315 Security Administration I
- COMP 316 Security Administration II
Electives (18 Credits)
18 credits in upper division courses which may include one of the concentrations below.
- Government Contact Management Concentration
- MGMT 308 Government Contract Law
- MGMT 326 Principles of Federal Acquisition (FAR and DAR)
- MGMT 330 Purchasing and Material Management
- MGMT 332 Cost and Price Analysis
- MGMT 350 Contract Administration
- MGMT 450 Contract Modification and Options
- Healthcare Management Concentration
- HLTH 303 Information Systems for Health Systems
- HLTH 400 Societal Health and Policy Issues
- HLTH 403 Global Health Administration HLTH
- 405 Healthcare Financial Management HLTH
- 435 Strategic Healthcare Planning MGMT
- 411 Total Quality Management
- Information Management Concentration
- CBSC 320 Information Security
- MCAP 303 Organization and Technology of Information Management
- MCAP 351 Management Support Systems
- MICS 341 Systems Analysis and Design
- MICS 455 Computer Networking and Telecommunications
- MICS 461 Database Management
- International Business Concentration
- BUS 310 Export/Import Marketing
- MGMT 303 International Business Management
- MGMT 311 Supply Chain Management
- MGMT 440 International Organizational Development Strategies 424 International Marketing MRKT 450 New Product Development (US and Global)
- Management Concentration
- MGMT 360 Leadership
- MGMT 365 Managing Conflict and Change
- MGMT 417 Human Resource Management
- MGMT 424 Negotiations Management
- MGMT 427 Operations Management
- MGMT 435 Strategic Management and Planning
Tuition and Fees
Domestic: It is our goal for every student to graduate with little or no debt. This starts with reasonable tuition and coupled with a modest resource fee that covers all e-textbooks, online library access, and many other resources to help enhance our student's learning.
Domestic Tuition and Fees – Click Here>>
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There was a pretty eclectic list of events around Kansas City Sunday for those willing to slosh through the slush.
The Spencer Theatre had a production of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," and there was a teddy bear tea party at the Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop in Olathe.
And then there was Monster Jam.
Grown men piloting 5-ton, 1,500-horsepower "trucks" — more powerful than some locomotives — popping wheelies and flying over junked cars to the delight of ardent fans, including lots of 9-year-old boys.
"How tall is your house?" professional driver John Seasock asked during an interview before Sunday's final Monster Jam show at the Sprint Center.
"Imagine a 10,000-pound truck flying over it and never touching it. I could do that," said Seasock, a 48-year-old who thinks of himself as a kid and whose girlfriend puts his virtual age at somewhere around 16.
As if he needed to explain, Seasock acknowledged, "I'm a really bad adrenaline junkie."
He also skydives, drives stunt motorcycles and says he's deathly afraid of black cats.
Monster truck shows aren't everyone's cup of tea. They're motorized professional wrestling, some say.
They aren't what the Green Party would call environmentally friendly. They're smoky and loud, up to 95 decibels (more than a train whistle and less than a jet engine). Fans are encouraged to wear ear protection.
But Seasock and millions of screaming fans clearly love the sport. Or, as Shakespeare said in his famous love story unfolding across town, "Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs."
And for young boys at least, what's not to love? Big, loud machines racing across 400 cubic yards of dirt and junk cars.
The adoration is obvious in Seasock's voice as he takes a reporter on a tour around his $250,000 Batman.
A seamless steel tube frame supporting a 575-cubic-inch supercharged methanol-injected big block American (what else?) V-8 engine, topped with an $18,000 custom fiberglass body shaped like the Batmobile.
Seasock's machine gobbles so much gas, it requires 1-inch fuel lines (the ones in your car are 3/8-inch) to deliver 5 gallons of methanol for every mile (an MPG of about 1,000 feet per gallon).
Your SUV may have four-wheel drive, but Batman has four-wheel driveand
four-wheel steering.
"It's a full-blown racing vehicle and a work of art," said Seasock, winner of two Monster Jam World Finals Championships.
Seasock and other monster truck operators like to think of themselves as pilots.
In fact, Batman, with Seasock strapped in its custom-molded center seat with five-point restraints, spends a fair amount of time in the air. "The 6-foot tires are rotating masses that act like gyroscopes in guiding it through the air," Seasock says. While airborne, Seasock says, "I accelerate and the front moves up, and I can hit the brakes, causing the nose to go down."
Seasock says safety is a priority for show promoters.
And that's not surprising in light of accidents over the last few years: The Associated Press documented five deaths and 40 injuries at monster truck shows from 1992 to 2007. Two people died at shows in 2009, including a 6-year-old boy in Tacoma, Wash., struck by a piece of metal.
Seasock, a monster truck pilot for 25 years, is popular with fans and gets about 150 emails a day, he says, all of which he answers personally.
He appears at hospitals, schools and charitable events and is active in the Make-a-Wish program for children with life-threatening illnesses.
"It's pretty humbling to get an email through Make-a-Wish, saying that some child's last wish is to meet you before he passes," Seasock says.
If he wasn't piloting trucks, says Seasock, of Frackville, Pa., he'd be a firefighter. His favorite food is steak (he's in the right town for that), favorite movie is "Caddyshack" and favorite TV show (he really claims this) is "Scooby-Doo."
So maybe his girlfriend is right.

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A Tower to Touch the Sky
In our present age, unity seems a laughable goal to the cynical. Admittedly, division seems to surround us, both in our immediate circle of fellowship, but especially in the broader circle of all who take up Christ's name. Passages that warn of division, even its necessity, quickly stamp out any dreams of long-term unity among all, who call themselves Christians (I John 2:18-19; Romans 16:17-18). But, does this mean that God has asked something of us, which cannot be achieved (Ephesians 4:1-6; Matthew 19:26)?
The Basis of Unity
Unity can be extremely powerful, but its goal is crucial to the success of a united effort. If we unite in error, then the failure of our striving is certain. This principle can be seen in the results of the construction of the Tower of Babel, which occurred near the dawn of civilization
"Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. ... And they said, 'Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.'"
"But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. And the LORD said, 'Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them.'" Genesis 11:1-6
Please note that the purpose of this tower was two-fold: It was built to make a name for themselves, for their own glory, and it was built to avoid being scattered over the earth. God had previously commanded this people to spread, multiply, and "fill the earth" (Genesis 9:1). Their intentions were to disobey a direct command. Moreover, their attitudes were in direct conflict with the humble spirit, which seeks God's glory, not its own (I Peter 5:5-6). Consequently, God frustrated their efforts and fulfilled His own purpose by confusing their languages. The lesson is that if we seek to unite ourselves under a banner that is contrary to God's will, we should not expect God's approval; moreover, we should expect Him to move against us.
One Language, One Mind
Another powerful point that we can glean from this Old Testament passage is that a common language is also essential to the success of a united effort. Once their languages were confused, the people quickly disbanded and scattered themselves. But, while they had one language and one mind, nothing would be withheld from them. In the New Testament, Paul notes this same principle:
"Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
... Now I say this, that each of you says, 'I am of Paul,' or 'I am of Apollos,' or 'I am of Cephas,' or 'I am of Christ.' Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?" I Corinthians 1:10-13
As having one mind and language empowered the children of Babel, not having one mind and being divided crippled the Corinthian church. The Corinthian church had divided into groups, which were named after men and built upon men. Paul points out two fundamental flaws in their "denominations". First, Christ is not divided against Himself, so why should His body be (Luke 11:17-18; Ephesians 1:22-23)? Second, the leader of a group must be able to save the group. If the men these groups followed were not their savior, and if they were not baptized in their name, then why were they dividing and wearing these men's names instead of the One in whose name alone is salvation (Acts 4:10-12)? If it was unacceptable and erroneous for the Corinthian church to be divided, wearing the names of men and following men, then will we be found acceptable before God if we divide into similar denominations today?
The Potential of Unity
Finally, this passage from Genesis offers divine commentary on the potential of a united human effort. Regarding their effort, God said, Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them". What would happen if we learned the lesson of the tower of Babel? If we truly sought God's will and His glory, unified upon a heavenly foundation, what would limit our achievements? Has not God already told us? You might say that not even the sky is a limit.
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16th June 2008, Regional PDP and ePortfolios Forum, University of Teesside
'Learning Experiences in a World of Change'Regional PDP/E portfolio Forum
Phoenix Building (Room G10 – Innovation Room)
University of Teesside
Monday 16th June 2008
This regional forum will focus on two linked topics: learning journeys and personalised learning.
Below is a session outline and below that, to help us use the time effectively, we have listed a set of possible questions we might like to think about beforehand. If you have any suggested additions or adaptations, please let me know. You might also want to think about what you want to get out of the forum as we are aiming to begin with a brief conversation about what we can most usefully get from the session for us and our institutions.
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Session Outline
9:45 Coffee and croissants or pastries
10:00 What do you want to get out of today's forum?
10:15-11:15 Learning Journeys
11:15-11:45 Coffee and scones
11:45-12:45 Personalised Learning
12:45-1:00 Summary and close
1:00-1:30 Lunch provided
Questions we might think about:
Learning Journeys
What do we mean by Ljs?
What exactly is it/are they?
What commonalities might there be in people Ljs?
How might we (as tutors etc) guide/support them on their LJ?
What are the key transitions in Ljs?
How do these relate to the ways we might support learners?
How do we make transitions as smooth as possible?
What is the value of PDP at different stages? Is it actually different? If yes, in what ways?
Personalised Learning
In what ways is learning personalised anyway? And how does this relate to our PDP provision and support?
How do we engage different learners/types of learners?
How do WE manage and support personalised learning and learners?
How can a generic PDP process connect with personal learning and the personal learning journey?
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So I received my laser-cut parts from Ponoko a few days ago, rendering my balance project juuuuust about complete. At a glance, I wasn't as impressed with these parts as I was with the acrylic chassis for my suction car, but considering the material this time is over twice as thick, the parts look pretty awesome. I was too excited to take a picture of them as I was popping them out, but here's the aftermath:
Yes, I know, those two pieces in the middle look like little androids.
After realizing that I might have made the tolerances on these parts a little too tight, followed by having to hammer all the parts together as a result, a little balance vehicle was born.
I'm extremely happy with how the laser-etching looks. I'm going to have to do that with every subsequent project now. Also, this thing is SOLID. I designed it as if it would need to handle drops off of really tall buildings. Oops. Oh, and here are the gears:
So...not as pretty and precise as I would have liked. It's understandable though. This is the thickest material that Ponoko offers for laser cutting. And they will work, they just might have to be broken in a little...er...a lot.
So at the time I got all the laser cut parts in the mail, I had everything else I needed to put this whole project together. Everything but the drive shaft, that is. You know, the main component that I need to make this thing move. I needed a steel shaft that was 170mm long and 5mm in diameter, but the problem was that I needed to buy it already down to size, since it's really hard to machine something that long down to that small of a diameter without it bending. I couldn't find a 5mm shaft anywhere for a while, but then I remembered that my favorite website ever, SDP-SI, sold shafts in metric sizes. I gave their site a visit and sure enough, I could buy a 180mm long, 5mm diameter stainless steel shaft for about $7, which I was very happy about. So I ordered one, but it didn't arrive until two days after I had everything else! What was I to do in the meantime?
Well...the night I had put everything together and was waiting for my 5mm shaft to arrive, I discovered that Walmart sells knitting needles, and that knitting needles come in metric diameters. I'm sure you can see where this is going.
So here we see a picture of a knitting needle cut to length and used as a drive shaft. Hey, I was desperate to test this thing out! The needle was actually solid aluminum too, which was kind of nice. I was certain it would be hollow when I bought it.
Completely assembled at last! Well, almost. Now all that was left was to wrap a half-pound of lead tire-balancing weights at the very top of the carbon tube.
There we go.
I definitely don't plan to leave these weights wrapped around like this. Mr. Machinist over here is going to make me a nice brass weight to serve the purpose that this huge roll of ugly lead is currently serving. I should have pictures of that up in a couple days.
So...initial test runs were tough. It was a lot harder to balance than I thought it would be. It's not super fast, so once the vehicle tilts more than about 5 degrees from vertical, it's going down. If you mess up a little and don't keep it almost completely vertical, it's game over. This is the reason the bigger 70mm wheels are mounted on it in all the pictures: I needed more speed. Also, a little problem that needed correcting was that the vehicle isn't exactly wide enough to prevent it from rocking from side to side. This results in the thing randomly turning towards some unknown direction very quickly and engaging some unsuspecting audience member in a surprise jousting match. And of course, the laser-cut spur gear does work, but not nearly as smoothly as it needs to. All of these things made balancing a little harder than it should have been.
In true human style, Alex and I were able to adapt to all of these issues and within a few short hours had the vehicle balancing for upwards of 20 seconds. It just took practice, really. The main issue with the vehicle wanting to rock from side to side was somewhat solved with a combination of being really careful not to jerk the throttle too much, driving it on soft carpet, and luck.
Then of course, a couple days later my stainless steel drive shaft arrived. I installed it and, since it was a little longer than I needed, I used that to my advantage and used some extra hubs I had ordered as spacers to widen the whole vehicle by 10mm, to help with the rocking issue.
Bam, done.
In the past couple days I've practiced a little more with this thing and despite how incredibly challenging it was to balance at first, on average I can keep it balanced for about 30 seconds now. One time I had it balanced for about a minute. It just takes a ton of practice, but that's what makes it fun.
I'll have a video posted soon.


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Pimples are nightmares to everybody. Even if one has a flawless skin, a tiny zit can destroy the whole look. A tiny zit is strong enough to attract everybody's attention towards it, and we feel like every person around are staring at us.
No matter how hard we try to conceal it, the bitter reality of this disastrous thing always comes out. And while we try to conceal it with makeup, the extra makeup clogs the skin more, leading to production of more and more scary zits. Carrying the burden of a small zit is still ok, but just imagine about people who are seriously suffering from a huge lot of acne?
How irritating and painful it becomes for them to be tolerant towards these horrible things. If you are also one of them, then do not be worried about treating your acne. Knowing properly about your acne and about its life cycle can help you go for a proper treatment to reduce the zit as quickly as possible.
What Is A Pimple?
A pimple is a small or big red coloured swollen bump. It occurs as a result of clogged pores of our skin. Pimple can be of various types and sizes, but almost all of them are caused due to clogged pores. Pimples can also occur due to hereditary problems, or sometimes even due to taking excessive tension, excitement and anxiety. This is the reason why we often see a pimple peeping in the morning, when we are about to go on a party, or on date.
Why Do Pimples Occur?
Pimples occur due to hormonal changes in our body. This is the reason why pimple starts occurring, once we reach puberty. There are many sebaceous glands beneath our skin, which remain attached to the skin pores. Oil from these sebaceous or oil glands, keep accumulating in the skin pores, resulting in oilier face. This oil on our face helps to trap more dirt and bacteria. If these pores are kept unclean, they result in formation of a pimple or acne. Apart from this, zits may also appear due to consumption of certain types of food like oily food, or fast food.
Pimples And The Stages In Life Cycle Of A Pimple
1. Stage One: Dirt And Bacteria Clogged Pores
Pimples are results of excess oil, dirt, dead cells and bacteria accumulation within the pores of our skin. When a person attains puberty, hormonal changes within the body, result in production of a hormone by-product known as the DHT or dihydrotestosterone. This DHT results in increased production of oil from the sebaceous glands beneath the skin, which clogs the skin pores. It may take two to three weeks between forming clogged pores and resulting in a pimple.
2. Stage Two: Trapped Bacteria Results In Infection
Increased oil production also keeps the skin oily, thereby trapping dirt and acne bacteria known as Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes). These trapped bacteria remain and grows inside the oil, dirt, and dead skin cell clogged pores; resulting in the formation of small reddish bumps called pimples. Before a fully fledged acne comes out, the bumpy area becomes itchy, signaling that the zit is about to come.
3. Stage Three: Inflammation And Pain
The zit finally becomes larger and more painful after a few more days. At this stage you may feel severe pain and inflammation and your acne may start producing white pus from it. Even if it does, never try to pop it, otherwise it will only worsen the situation. It can sometimes take 8 or 12 weeks to completely get rid from a pimple.
So try to know more about the root cause of your pimples and treat them properly by consulting a physician.


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A senior US official quoted by news agencies said the leaders had agreed it was unrealistic to expect a legal agreement to be reached in only 22 days given the state of negotiations.
As recently as last week, World leaders were talking about the need to "act now" and that this was the "last chance" for the planet.
Perhaps they have realized that the voting public won't accept new planet-saving taxes that aren't supported by solid scientific evidence.


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Global AIS on Space Station (GLASS) (Maritime Awareness) - 01.24.18
Nearly all commercial ships on the world's oceans are being tracked and monitored using the Automatic Identification System (AIS), but the curvature of the Earth blocks the signals when ships are far from shore. The Global AIS on Space Station (GLASS) (Maritime Awareness) investigation uses a space-based AIS receiver system on ISS to acquire and disseminate ship information. During a 12-month test period, the system's ability to continuously monitor ships for use in commercial, safety and security, environmental and educational applications will be investigated. Science Results for Everyone
Information Pending
OpNom: Maritime Awareness
Principal Investigator(s)
Rob Carlson, M.I.M., JAMSS America, Inc., Houston, TX, United States
Margo Edwards, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States
Christine Schlenker, M.A., Greater Houston Port Bureau, Houston, TX, United States
David Morrell, Mare Liberum Consulting, Deer Park, TX, United States
Kevin Jackson, M.S., Flexitech, Ashburn, VA, United States
JAMSS America, Inc (JAI), Houston, TX, United States
Sponsoring Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Sponsoring Organization
National Laboratory (NL)
Research Benefits
Earth Benefits, Scientific Discovery
ISS Expedition Duration
September 2015 - March 2016; March 2016 - February 2018
Expeditions Assigned
Previous Missions
Information Pending
Experiment Description
Research Overview
- Verify performance of Software Defined Radio architecture in receiving and processing massive volumes of incoming AIS signals.
- Verify Harborlights™ ability to simultaneously process GLASS AIS signals for multiple users and regions.
- Investigate the value of collecting and using long-range AIS data.
- Investigate ways AIS data obtained from ISS can be used to support ongoing port operations.
- Determine value of the AIS data for trade, economic, resource management and national security analysis.
- Determine business model to commercially provide AIS data to commercial, academic and government users.
Information Pending
Space Applications
The data gathered on orbit is purely for earth applications only.
Earth Applications
Almost all ships in the oceans use the Automatic Identification System to broadcast their identity, position, course, speed, cargo, and voyage information to other ships and to ports. But the signals can only be received by other vessels or by ports in the broadcasting ship's line of sight. This investigation enables real-time, global tracking data via the ISS, providing more complete information about the world's ship traffic. Data on ship locations, course and cargo improves safety and security, safeguards trade agreements and business interests, and improves environmental protection, benefiting people on Earth.
Operational Requirements and Protocols
Decadal Survey Recommendations
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I was referred to Gallagher Property Management by my Real Estate agent four years ago. Being a new owner of an investment property, they helped me navigate the process of owning rental properties. They are patient and explained the leasing, maintenance, and other factors that affects owners. They helped screen tenants effectively, coordinate repairs, and recommend options to different situations. As an out of town investor, the Gallaghers provided me with a peace of mind that everything is 100% under control and made my life stress -free. I have since bought more properties and out it under the management of the Gallaghers. I personally recommend the Gallaghers for any investor/landlord that needs a property management company to handle all their needs. I am very happy with their service!
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MELBOURNE — The executive board of Florida Institute of Technology will hold a special meeting Aug. 29 to consider the top three candidates for president of the school.
The candidates are:
-- Dr. Tomlinson Fort Jr., 54, vice president of California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. Fort also is a professor of chemistry and material science.


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The government under Tony Blair issued a command paper detailing new priorities for service personnel in order that the country upheld the Military Covenant. It also said that uniform should be worn in public to foster pride in the three Armed Forces and established 'Armed Forces Day'.
But with the increased threat level, which has been raised from 'substantial' to 'severe' the warnings are that an attack is highly likely.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. - In an era when 2-year-olds are campaigned sparingly in the months after the Breeders' Cup, Toccet has set a different standard this fall.
One of the nation's leading 2-year-olds, Toccet has been more active since he finished ninth in the Breeders' Cup at Arlington Park on Oct. 26 than at any time in his career.
In November, he won two stakes - the Laurel Futurity on Nov. 16 and the Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct two weeks later. On Saturday, he makes his eighth career start, and fifth consecutive appearance in a stakes, in the Hollywood Futurity at Hollywood Park.
Overall, Toccet has won 5 of 7 starts and $511,710. Some 3-year-olds do not have that much experience coming into the Kentucky Derby, which is the goal that owner-breeder Daniel Borislow and trainer John Scanlan have set for Toccet.
How they will get there remains to be seen.
Scanlan is so content with Toccet's condition that he is reluctant to give the colt too much time off in coming months. Conversely, Scanlan realizes that a break is necessary to allow Toccet to be at his best for the Triple Crown and the vital preps run in March and April.
"After this race, I'm hoping to give him some time and try to keep him on the ground," Scanlan said. "He's never gotten tired or balked at anything. As the saying goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
By Awesome Again, Toccet won his maiden at Laurel on Aug. 16, in his second start. Borislow was so impressed that he phoned Adena Springs Farm in Kentucky, where Awesome Again stands, to relay news of the victory.
"I said, 'You've got to watch this horse,' " Borislow recalled. "He's an amazing horse.
"We knew pretty much early on. We never knew he'd be this good. But I had the Kentucky Derby on my mind when he broke his maiden."
Toccet's success has led Borislow to change his thinking about the way juveniles are campaigned. In the past, Borislow was certain that fewer starts was better.
"When I started running this horse, I went back and looked at the great 3-year-olds from the 1970's," he said. "All of those great 3-year-olds had a huge base at 2. I kind of turned myself around. If you have a horse that's healthy and thrives on racing, I think it's a good combination."
As a May foal, Toccet has surprised Borislow and Scanlan with his durability and zest for racing.
"He's definitely physically immature," Borislow said. "That's what makes it all the more amazing. He doesn't have any nicks and scratches."
Racing history is full of 2-year-olds who failed to make an impact on the bigger stage at 3.
Stretching Toccet's success into a 3-year-old campaign is foremost on Scanlan's mind.
In early December, Scanlan said that Toccet would be based in California over the winter. But on Wednesday, he said that Toccet will be based in Maryland this winter and be pointed for races such as the Gotham Stakes and Wood Memorial at Aqueduct.
The New York circuit is familiar territory to the well-traveled Toccet, who gained a following in late summer and early fall.
Following an emphatic victory in an allowance race at Pimlico Sept. 6, Toccet pulled a 9-1 upset in the Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park, jumping into the picture of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Arlington Park on Oct. 26.
The biggest race of the year for the division turned out to be Toccet's worst performance. Drawn on the outside in the field of 13, Toccet raced wide in mid-pack to the middle of the backstretch before fading to finish ninth, 16 lengths behind Vindication.
Scanlan is convinced that the poor draw eliminated Toccet.
"We probably should have scratched," Scanlan said. "It was the kiss of death. No one wins outside of post 7 at Arlington going a mile and an eighth."
While many leading 2-year-olds were put away for the year after the Juvenile, Toccet's campaign continued. He won the Laurel Futurity over a sloppy track by 6 1/4 lengths and kept that form to beat Bham and Empire Maker in the Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct.
Racing near the lead in the Remsen, Toccet pulled away in early stretch to win by 2 1/4 lengths over Bham, with Empire Maker third of eight.
Even then, some owners and trainers would have called it a year, but Borislow, 41, and Scanlan, 52, say that Toccet is ready for more.
"He's so full of himself," Scanlan said. "I've got other maidens that are nice. They won allowance races and they had problems. Even though he's a May foal, he hasn't had any growing pains."
Toccet is the best horse that Borislow and Scanlan have campaigned. In 2001, they started Talk Is Money in the Kentucky Derby, following a third-place finish in the Flamingo Stakes. Talk Is Money finished last.
"Talk Is Money had tons of talent, but he didn't have the wheels," Scanlan said.
Borislow has not been shy in expressing his support for Toccet. He publicly challenged the owner of Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Vindication to a side bet on the Hollywood Futurity. The idea failed to gain momentum because Vindication did not stay in serious training following the the Breeders' Cup. The two colts will not have a rematch until the spring.
Still, it was a reflection of how far the flamboyant Borislow will go in support of his up-and-coming horse.
"I don't think he's gotten the recognition that he should have gotten," Borislow said of Toccet. "He improves with each race. There's nothing like this. You can't imagine how great it is."


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Anybody still haven't trimmed their hedges yet?
I only trim our hawthorn once a year and like to leave trimming it till just before it comes back to life again after the winter. That way it leave the berries for the birds for as long as possible.
Re: Anybody still haven't trimmed their hedges yet?
my privet hedge though I think it's gone a bit beyond "trimming" Because it is the full length of the garden (and more at the front and along the other side) it is a huge job and not my favourite task
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Mike is slowly ripping our hedge apart. It is hawthorn that has been very badly neglected and he is taking out as much of the ivy as possible. He even found a wall we had never seen before - right by the gate. We've only lived here for 9 years
To be fair he did start at the back, getting the brambles out of our way!
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Today, human disorders are thought to be heterogeneous with regard to their molecular and genomic properties. Recent advances in biotechnology have resulted in a shift toward molecularly targeted agent. These new therapeutics works on specific genetic pathways which are only dysregulated in some smaller subset of patients with the disease. New and general statistical methods are needed so that genetics or other biomarkers can be used to assist the analysis of clinical data for personalized medicine. The challenge raised by personalized medicine is how to find the predictive biomarkers that can identify patients who are likely or unlikely to benefit from a specific treatment within large number of biomarkers to be considered and how to incorporate biomarkers information in randomized clinical trial while considering issues of both efficiency and medical ethics. Several statistical methods for evaluating and comparing biomarkers for patient treatment selection have been developed. Currently available methods are far from sufficient to deal with the complications of patient treatment selection in clinical trial practice. A good design of clinical trials can use less number of total patients, send more patient to the better treatment arms, and expose less patients to highly toxic treatments. We will work in these areas to help advance clinical trial design.
Once predictive biomarkers identified, phase III trial is needed to adaptively modify the target patient population that serves as the basis for comparing the new treatment to the control. In such designs, enrollment would initially open to a broad patient population with the option to restrict future enrollment, following an interim analysis, to only those biomarker subgroups that appeared to be benefiting from the experimental therapy. However, the benefits of such design or method could be limited if it takes very long to obtain the primary endpoint measurements at the interim Considerable interest has been drawn toward the short-term endpoint. Several prognostic events and prognostic measurements can be used to predict the primary endpoint. However, it's statistical challenge to combine all type of prognostic measurements to adaptive enrichment trial. We consider the delayed outcomes as missing and propose mitigating the delay effect by imputing from the short-term endpoint. Such designs can both increase the efficiency of the clinical trial and protect patients from exposure to treatments with serious toxicities to which they may have little likelihood of benefit.
In clinical and epidemiological studies, the observations of interesting are rarely independent. For time-to-event data, the events may occur many times for a given subject, such as such as repeated lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis, recurrent shunt failures in children with hydrocephalus, and recurrent strokes in older adults. An important feature of recurrent events is that the event times are correlated, including within-subject correlation, event-specific dependence, between event-type correlation, etc. Thus, correlation structure need to be studies and adjusted when conduct statistical modeling. We consider two types of correlation among recurrent event times which is subject-specific heterogeneity and event-specific dependence. Subject-specific heterogeneity represents unmeasured variables which induce the within-subject correlation among event times. Alternatively, correlation may be induced by recurrent event processes where the incidence of events may elevate or reduce the risk of future recurrent events. We will consider both types of correlation and quantify how the incidences of events change the risk of future events and the long-term risk factor effects that could vary as event incidence increases.
Moreover, the independent variables may not linearly related to the response variable. For example, age is one of the largest risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, and its functional form for risk of cardiovascular diseases may not be linear. Multiple studies have reported that the risk of cardiovascular diseases increases greatly for older adults. In the nonparametric framework, the shape of the regression function is determined by the data, whereas in the parametric framework the shape is determined by the model and constrained by the linearity assumption. The typical application for drug discovery and clinical trial study is PK/PD model, dose-finding study, time-dependent treatment effect, GWAS study, predictive model, functional data analysis, and so on. In the classical approach, the choice of the smoothing parameters via cross validation is difficult if the number of smooth functions in the model is large as then the computational effort to compute an optimal solution becomes intractable whereas the simultaneous estimation of functions and smoothing parameters in the Bayesian approach works quite well.


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Wilfred J. Funk
|Wilfred J. Funk
Wilfred John Funk
March 20, 1883
June 1, 1965 (aged 82)
Montclair, New Jersey
Wilfred John Funk (March 20, 1883 – June 1, 1965) was an American author, poet, lexicographer, and publisher. He was president of Funk & Wagnalls from 1925 to 1940, and founder of publishing company Wilfred Funk, Inc.
Personal life[edit]
Funk was the only son of Funk & Wagnalls' founder Isaac Kaufmann Funk. He graduated from Princeton in 1909,[1] and joined the family firm.[2] He married Eleanor Hawkins on July 29, 1915.[3]
He had a wealthy lifestyle. His main residence was in Montclair, New Jersey, a suburb of Manhattan.[4] His beach house "Cobble Court" in Southampton was a society venue in the Hamptons summer season.[5][6] Several tax-efficient trusts Funk created for his wife were the subject of dispute with the Tax Office, ending in a Court of Appeals decision in 1950.[7]
His son Wilfred J. Funk, Jr was killed in August 1943 in Operation Cottage, the assault on Kiska in World War II.[8]
Wilfred Funk died of arteriosclerosis in Montclair.[9]
Early work[edit]
Funk became president of Funk & Wagnalls in 1925. In 1933, Time magazine described him as "titular president, but famed only for light verse".[10] He had poems printed in the New York Evening Sun in 1928–9,[4] and one called "Oh, Doctor!" in The New Yorker in 1930, whose opening lines were:[11]
- Mastoids, sinuses, and such
- Bother children overmuch
In 1932, he publicized his firm's dictionary with a list of the ten most beautiful words in the English language, having regard for both sound and meaning.[12]
- dawn, hush, lullaby, murmuring, tranquil, mist, luminous, chimes, golden, melody
In 1934, he listed the "ten modern Americans who have done most to keep American jargon alive":[13]
- Sime Silverman, H. L. Mencken, Tad Dorgan, Walter Winchell, Arthur "Bugs" Baer, Ring Lardner, Damon Runyon, Gelett Burgess, George Ade, and Gene Buck
In 1937, he listed the ten most overworked words:[2][14]
- okay, terrific, lousy, definitely, racket, gal, honey, swell, contact, impact
He received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree in 1932 from Oglethorpe University.[15]
Literary Digest[edit]
In March 1936 Funk became editor in chief of Funk & Wagnalls' magazine The Literary Digest.[16] The Digest polled its readers regarding the outcome of the 1936 presidential election, and put Alf Landon at 56%; in fact he got only 36% of the vote. AIPO predicted not only the correct result, but also the result of the Digest poll.[17] Funk had desired a wider poll with greater cross-checking, but the costs were prohibitive.[18] He had not questioned the poll's fundamentally flawed methodology, and derided George Gallup of AIPO as "our fine statistical friend".[19] Though Funk and the Digest were good-humored and self-deprecating about the embarrassment,[18] it hastened the Digest's decline. Funk and Cuddihy sold the Digest to Albert Shaw in June 1937 for $200,000.[20] Funk in turn got "a very good chuckle" when Gallup failed to predict the 1948 presidential election result.[21]
Publishing success[edit]
In late 1937, Funk started Your Life, a 128-page digest size "Popular Guide to Desirable Living". At 25¢ an issue, it contained articles such as "Be Glad Your Wife's Neurotic" and "Why Commit Suicide?". Circulation ran to more than 100,000, with spin-off titles Your Personality and Your Health.[22] The success of the magazine allowed him to start his own book publishing business in 1940, Wilfred Funk, Inc.[22]
Funk wrote numerous books on vocabulary and etymology aimed at a general audience.[2] He favored descriptive linguistics over linguistic prescription, stating "Let's throw the old textbooks out the window, along with the words correct and incorrect, because there's really no such thing as grammar, but only an ever-changing language pattern formed by everyday usage".[2] In 1942, he co-wrote 30 Days to a more Powerful Vocabulary with Norman Lewis; total sales to 1968 were claimed at 4.7m.[23] In 1945, he created the Reader's Digest feature "It Pays to Increase Your Word Power". His son Peter continued this from 1962 to 1998.[24]
Published works:[25]
- Manhattans, Bronxes, and Queens (1931)
- Light Lines and Dears (1932)
- So You Think It's New (1937)
- It Might Be Verse (1938)
- When the Merry-go-round Breaks Down! (1938)
- The Inn (1940)
- If You Drink (1940)
- Love, Life, and Laughter (1942)
- 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary (1942)
- The Way to Vocabulary Power and Culture (1946)
- Word Origins and Their Romantic Stories (1950)
- Your Life : Today's Guide to Desirable Living Wilfred Funk et al. (1951)
- 25 Magic Steps to Word Power (1958)
- Six Weeks to Words of Power (1959)
- Selected Verse of Wilfred Funk (1962)
- ^ "Aviation: Mr. Horsepower". Time. May 28, 1951. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
Also in Fred Rentschler's class ('09): ... Publisher Wilfred J. Funk
- ^ a b c d "Lexicography: Words That Sizzled". Time. June 11, 1965.
- ^ "Parties Are Held At Southampton; Wilfred J. Funks Entertain to Mark 25th Anniversary Or Their Marriage". The New York Times. July 28, 1940. p. 23, Society News. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ a b "The Press: Rhymester Funk". Time. July 8, 1929. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ "Mrs. W.J. Funk Hold a Beach Supper at Cobble Court for House Guests." The New York Times. July 15, 1933. p. 12, Society. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ "Wilfred J. Funks give Beach Party; They Entertain for Daughter at Large Supper on Shore Near Home in Southampton". The New York Times. July 28, 1941. p. 10, Society. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ "185 F.2d 127; 50-2 USTC P 9507; Funk v Commissioner of Internal Revenue; No. 10216". Federal Cases. Public.Resource.Org. November 16, 1950. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ Jenkins, McKay (2004). The Last Ridge: The Epic Story of America's First Mountain Soldiers and the Assault on Hitler's Europe. Random House. p. 94. ISBN 0-375-75951-4.
- ^ "Milestones". Time. June 11, 1965. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ "The Press: Digest Overhauled Monday". Time. July 10, 1933. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ "People". Time. February 10, 1930. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ "People". Time. December 19, 1932. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ "Press: Doctor & Duke". Time. January 15, 1934. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
- ^ "Ten Overworked Words". The Age. New London, Connecticut. April 1, 1937. p. 6. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ "History: Honorary Degrees". Oglethorpe University.
- ^ "To edit Literary Digest; Wilfred J. Funk Takes Post That Arthur S. Draper left". The New York Times. March 21, 1936. p. 23 Books. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ Ohmer, Susan (2006). "America Speaks". George Gallup in Hollywood. Columbia University Press. pp. 56–63. ISBN 0-231-12133-4.
- ^ a b "Press: Editors' Afterthoughts". Time. November 16, 1936. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ Moon, Nick (1999). Opinion polls: history, theory and practice. Political Analyses. Manchester University Press. p. 10. ISBN 0-7190-4223-2.
- ^ "Press: Funk & Fawcett". Time. October 18, 1937. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ "The Press: The Great Fiasco". Time. November 15, 1948. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ a b "The Press: Funk's Amoeba". Time. April 3, 1939.
- ^ "Books: Alltime Bestsellers". Time. February 2, 1968. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ "Peter Funk". Our Board of Experts. ComFit online learning center.
- ^ Works by or about Funk, Wilfred J.(Wilfred John) 1883-1965 in libraries (WorldCat catalog)


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Slobo Mihajlovic opened up a small salon together with his wife Lidija Mihajlovic.
Sida is supporting a project for small start-up businesses to encourage socio-economic empowerment among vulnerable groups and minorities.
To create greater access to the labour market for vulnerable groups, Sida is supporting a project through the German non-governmental organisation Help – Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe. The project started in 2014 and is supported by Sida in collaboration with ten towns and municipalities in Serbia.
The goal of the project is to encourage socio-economic empowerment through providing assistance towards self-sufficiency, thus sustaining policies for integration and inclusion of vulnerable population groups in Serbia. The project has a specific focus on Roma youth and women since their participation in the formal labour market remains very low.
Participants are supported through in-kind grants, meaning that they receive equipment for their businesses rather than cash grants. In addition, participants obtain training, mentoring and advisory services to achieve sustainability and create new perspectives. Consequently, the project will facilitate poverty reduction and the implementation of local sustainable development strategies.
In Pozarevac, one of the small-towns Sida cooperates with, the municipality is fighting high unemployment rates and limited capacity for creating job opportunities. The municipality has a local action plan for the inclusion of vulnerable population groups aligned with the national strategy on Roma. Representatives of the municipality say that one of the biggest priorities is to integrate marginalised groups in the labour market through self-employment.
Lidija Mihajlovic gives evidence of a tough labour market, where municipalities outside of bigger cities suffer from unemployment and poverty. Lidija's husband Slobo Mihajlovic lost his job as a hairdresser of 18 years and the couple depended on benefits to support their family. When Lidija first heard about the project in spring 2015, she submitted a business plan and received the essential equipment for opening a hair salon.
Since June 2015 she runs a small salon where her husband provides his services to a growing number of satisfied customers. Within the project, Lidija attended business training and she is determined to expand her business.
- We are a big family of eight people. Our living conditions have improved a lot through the project, but I would like to involve my family in the business to increase profit and make our financial situation more stable, Lidija says.
Another participant in the project is Dragan Jevtic, a dog-loving 30-year old pet groomer. He was working as an assistant in a groomer's salon in Belgrade for three years, but his earnings were not sufficient to support his family. After finishing groomer's training in 2014, he returned to Pozarevac and learned about the Sida funded project for start-up businesses. Through the project Dragan could combine his two interests and open a groomer's salon for dogs.
- The opening of the salon has changed my life. I have been given a chance to work with my passion and can finally support my family, Dragan says.
Dragan's idea was unique, interesting and clearly defined. Through the project, he completed an additional three-months training to become a certified pet groomer. Dragan's business idea really met the market needs in Pozarevac as he is booked for weeks in advance. He even had to employ his brother to meet the demands.
With Sida's support Help can continue their work with the inclusion of Roma and other marginalised and vulnerable population groups into the labour market, contributing to reduced poverty and improved living conditions.


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I never had any interest in ABBA and yet, you might think they are more popular now than back then.
One band I could never take seriously were the Monkees, I'm not sure that I can now, BUT, I'm not that serious myself and they were just a good time group of guys having a good time. Now a band that I did really like in the 60s was Lovin' Spoonful - still do like them.
On the way home from work Friday night, I called into my usual Hi Fi shop, JBs. Flicking through the various CD bins I found this new series from SONY/Rhino Music with two nostalgia packs which include 5 CDs from the artist's collection. These are packaged in reproduction album covers which is great for authenticity but with my very average eyesight, I still need a magnifying glass to read the notes. Do remember coming home with that big vinyl 33 1/3 rpm album, then going to your bedroom and listening to your new purchase while reading the lyrics - and all the notes. Can't do that today.
While writing this I am in fact listening to the first Monkees Album - sorry, CD. I'm not sure if I have grown to like them any better but they were a part of our musical pop history and there are a few tracks that I think are quite good.
The other "Original Album Classics" set I've really enjoyed - The Lovin' Spoonful have always been a favorite and over the years, I'd lost, misplaced or sold off my vinyl albums of the band.
|My Friday night treat was the purchase of two "Original Album Classic" five CD sets.
They sit here on my "Bible" of Rock Music. This book as you can see is well thumbed and highly treasured.
I had bought some Yarra Valley marinated feta cheese and some baby beetroot, so that pretty much tied up entree for me. I think they are a match made in heaven. I put them together with some rocket and spinach leaves, toasted walnuts and a honey vinaigrette. Added a few slivers of roasted duck breast. It was very nice.
We had lasagna, which we were all too busy eating to remember to photograph. Not a bad thing. Salad was leaves, orange segments, spring onions, avocado and pomegranate seeds, cos they taste good and look pretty.
Dessert was me playing. Made some little tartlette shells, with bought shortcrust pastry. Three fillings. Our lime tree is overflowing at the moment, so I had lime curd that I made last week already in the fridge. A dob of cream and grated dark chocolate. Number two was vanilla marscapone with blueberries, and number three was salted caramel that we brought back in a jar from France, with some dark chocolate drizzles. All were good, but my vote was for the lime curd. I'm a sucker for fruit desserts, especially anything citrus.
The following night with some duck still leftover, we had the last portions over a risotto. Sue had a shopping spree during the week with a visit to a membership only warehouse called COSCO and later our favorite Italian supermarket, Mediterranean Wholesaler.
The result was some prepackaged interesting risottos which are great for that impromptu meal. This one was an Artichoke Risotto. Very yummy with three slices of duck over the top.
What the risottos are is a small portion of arborio rice that has dried artichoke pieces and some dried herbs added. You then add it with your normal risotto rice. Not sure I'd bother again. Still have a porcini one to try. Ho hum.
Leon: Well I liked it.
Much of the weekend was taken up with the final touches to the spare bedroom, well not spare for long. Our 24 year old son returns from Montreal after a five month holiday. It will be good to have him back home again although we think he may have gained a little independence and it won't be long before he heads out for other travel journeys.
Oh! just another thing - very impulsive really. We bought a bath and a glass shower screen.
Looks like a bathroom make over may take some blogging time soon now that I've finished the prodigal son's bedroom.
So!!! What should we post in the future - renovations or cooking?
TRIVIA: Did you know that Neil Diamond wrote "I'm a Believer" and "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You" for the Monkees?


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